Song of Myself

[Intro and Verse 1: Joyful and Uplifting, Reflective and Philosophical] I celebrate myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. I loaf and invite my soul, I lean and loaf at my ease observing a spear of summer grass. [Hook: Lively and Resonant] O the joy of life in every breath, In every step, in every depth, We sing of self and celebrate, This life, this love, this fate. [Instrumental Break: Bright and Melodic, with a Steel Drum] [Verse 2 and Bridge: Reflective and Thoughtful, Spirited and Engaging] My tongue, every atom of my blood, form'd from this soil, this air, Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same. I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin, Hoping to cease not till death. [Hook Reprise: Lively and Resonant] O the joy of life in every breath, In every step, in every depth, We sing of self and celebrate, This life, this love, this fate. [Solo: Rhythmic and Joyful with a Banjo] [Verse 3 and Instrumental Break: Contemplative and Rich, Warm and Inviting] Creeds and schools in abeyance, Retiring back a while sufficed at what they are, but never forgotten, I harbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard, Nature without check with original energy. [Outro: Reflective and Hopeful] I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world. [End]